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Single Combat between King Edmund II, and Canute the Great ...

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1872,1109.85

Title (object)

Single Combat between King Edmund II, and Canute the Great ...

Description

Edmund II and King Canute, in armour with plumed helmets, duelling on the Isle of Alney with their armies drawn up in the background, the one attacking from the right wih raised sword, the other raising his shield to left, a standard bearer to right, another, with a Bishop, to left; with a wreathed border; illustration to Raymond's 'History of England'.Etching and engraving

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Height: 240 millimetres

Width: 158 millimetres

Inscriptions

Inscription Content

Lettered below the image with the title, continuing 'on the Isle of Alney, int he presence of both their Armies' and 'Wale delin. / Grignion sculp.'; before the book title added above the image ['Engraved for Raymond's History of England'].